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terms. He died in 1878, at Watertown, N. Y., where he had resided. Mrs.
Hammond died in that town, 10 Aug., 1873, ^'- 64 years. Her son, Mr. L. S.
Hammond, writes concerning her: "She was a person of marked individuality, a
gentle, kind-hearted Christian lady, respected by all who knew her, and devotedly
loved by her husband and children." Children:
i. Lazarus Stewart,* married . Res. (1884) in Watertown, N. Y.
ii. Reuben Humphreys,* is deceased,
iii. James Lawrence,* is deceased.
iv. Hannah Read,* married Cuyler (son of Tunis and Catherine Gansevoort*) Van Vechteil,
Esq., of Albany, N. Y., born there in 1S32; and died in 1875. Her P. O. address is
(1884) New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. Children (born in Albany. N. VJ: (1)
Leonard Gansevoort' (Van Vechten); (2) Hammond' (Van Vechten); (3) Cuyler' (Van
Vechten); (4) Eugene Beekman ' (Van Vechten), who died in 1864; (5) Henry Girard'
(Van Vechten).
V. Robert Campbell,* is deceased.
vi. Kate Baker,* is deceased.
FA^HLY 184.
2584. Colonel Gad' Humphreys, U. S. a., [,178] (//on. ReubeK,^
Jonathan. i Lieut. Samuel,' Michael,') was born in 1786, at Canton, Ct. He
Stoddard Lamed, born in Pittsfield, Mass., daughter
of Sylvester and Eunice Larned, of Pittsfield, and
sister of Paymaster-General Larned, who died during
the war for the Union. Mrs. Humphreys died in
St. Augustine, Florida, 25 Oct., 1879, ce. 82 years.
She was esteemed as "exceptionally loveh'.
Gad* Humphreys was appointed, from the
State of New York, in 1808, First Lieutenant in the
Sixth Reg. Infantry, U. S. A. ; was promoted to a
captaincy in December, 1809; was wounded in the
capture of York, Upper Canada, April 27th, 1813;
was promoted to Major in the Fourth Reg. Infantry,
April 1 8th, 18 14. At the reduction of the army in
December, 181 5, he was retained as Captain of the
Sixth Reg. Infantrj-, with brevet of Major; was ap-
pointed ]Major of the Sixth Reg. Infantry, March 31st,
1817; and/ Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Reg.
Infantry, May 13th, 1820; was disbanded at the
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reduction of the army, June ist, 1821.
He was afterward appointed U. S. Agent to the
Seminole Indians.f which position he held from May 20th, 1822 to March 31st, 1830. He
established himself at Camp King, in the centre of the nation. In the treaty of Fort Moultrie,
September iSth, 1823, the Indian chiefs and warriors requested, "as an evidence of their gratitude
and humane treatment, and brotherly attention to their wants, that one mile square * *
* be cnnveyctl, in fee simi)le, as a present to Colonel Gad Humphreys. ";{: He was a sugar
' She was a daughter of General I.eonard Gansevoort.
The Seminolcs in Florida originally belonged to the Creek nation, and were 3,899 in number, in 1822.
Sprague's History 0/ the Florida War. In this work are found several letters of Col, Gad Humphreys, which show
t f«'h by him in the Indians, and his efforts 10 promote their welfare.